Hair trap for washbasins



April 10, 1951 J. L. MECDONALD 2, 5

HAIR TRAP FOR WASH BASINS Filed July 8, 1948 9 9 /0 III: I] .m I J I i 8N E 8 5 S t M l5 3 H I, 3 i i I4 I S L 5 Q d1 f 0 o u I o -/3 o c o I QQ Jess/e L MacDonald INVENTOR.

Patented Apr. 10, 1 951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,548,541 HAIR. TRAPFOR WASHBASINS Jessie L. MacDonald, Fort Myers, Fla.

Application July 8, 1948, Serial No. 37,613

2 Claims. 1

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in trapsfor wash basins, sinks and the like, and more particularly to a trap forattaching in the drain pipe of a Wash basin and embodying means forcollecting hair and other objects passing through the drain to preventclogging thereof.

An important object of the invention is to provide a waste or drain trapof this character including the provision of a removable collecting cupto facilitate removal of accumulated hair and other objects passingthrough the drain.

A further object of the invention is to construct the collecting cup inthe form of a strainer and providing a vertical tube passing through thecup and through which water passing through the trap may overflow shouldthe cup become filled with an accumulation of waste passing through thedrain and thus to prevent clogging of the drain.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character ofsimple and practical construction, which may be easily and quicklyinstalled in a drain Without necessitating any changes or alternationstherein and which is inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise welladapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view; and

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional View taken on a line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, wherein for the purpose ofillustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention,the numeral 5 designates the trap chamber which is of substantiallycylindrical construction and positioned vertically and formed with asloping bottom 6 terminating in an outlet neck I. An inlet neck 8 iscurved upwardly from one side of the upper portion of the chamber, thenecks l and 8 being externally threaded for attaching in the drain of awash basin or the like (not shown).

A cap 9 is threaded on the upper end of the chamber 5 and is formed witha wrench engaging lug ID or other formation to facilitate removal of thecap.

A waste collecting cup II is formed with an outwardly extending flangel2 at its upper edge for resting on lugs iii in the lower portion of jthe chamber 5 to support the cup above the bottom 6 of the chamber, thecup being perforated as shown at M for the passage of watertherethrough. A tube l5 extends vertically through the bottom of the cupI I and is welded or otherwise suitably secured to the cup, the lowerend of the tube projecting below the bottom of the cup and into the neck1 and the upper end of the tube terminating in a plane substantiallymid-way of the lower end of the inlet neck 8 as more clearly shown inFigure 2 of the drawings.

In the operation of the device the inlet 8 is attached to the outlet ofa wash basin or the like and the outlet neck 1 is attached in the drainfor the wash basin. Water drained from the wash basin will enter thechamber 5 at its upper portion and any hair or other objects entrainedwith the water will be collected in the cup I I while the water passesthrough the cup to the drain.

Should the cup I I become filled with hair or other waste to obstructthe passage of water therethrough, the water will then overflow throughtube I5 to thus prevent clogging of the trap and the drain.

At intervals the cup I I may be removed by removing cap 9 and liftingtube l5 from the chamber 5, whereupon the cup may be emptied of itsaccumulation of waste and cleaned and then returned to the chamber.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of theconstruction, operation and advantages of the device will be quiteapparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description isaccordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shownand described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same issusceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of theinvention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A drain trap comprising a chamber supported in an upright position ina drain, said chamber having an inlet at its upper portion and an outletin its bottom, and said chamber also having a removable cap closing itstop, a perforated collecting cup, means in the chamber removablysupporting the cup therein in an elevated position at a point below theinlet, and a vertical overflow tube fixed centrally to the cup, saidtube having an overflow upper end positioned above the horizontal planeof the inlet and providing a handle for lifting the cup from thechamber, and said tube having a lower discharge end passing through thecup.

2. A drain trap comprising a chamber supported in an upright position ina drain, said chamber having an inlet at one side of its upper portionand an outlet in its bottom, and said chamber also having a removablecap closing its top, a perforated collecting cup, means in the chamberremovably supporting the cup therein at a point between the inlet andoutlet and sepathe chamber, and said tube having its lower end spacedfrom the outlet.

JESSIE L. MACDONALD.

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